| | Lund University, Doctoral Dissertation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | Evolutionary relationships among the six extant families, Talpidae (moles), Soricidae (shrews), Erinaceidae (hedgehogs), Tenrecidae (tenrecs), Chryosochloridae (golden moles), and Solenodontidae (solenodons), have remained uncertain based on morphological data. |
 | | Talpidae was found as an outgroup to the Cetferungulata rather than as an ancient lineage in Eutheria. |
 | | The discrete gamma model of rate heterogeneity disproportionately increased the long branches at the base of Eutheria relative to those at the top of the tree highlighting the potential for misleading results and the need for more dense taxon sampling near the base of the tree. |
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